Pet owners urged to buckle up fur babies on road trips Via JaneCStevenson
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.The survey also found that 25% of cat and dog parents travel with a pet in a moving vehicle at least once per week, 22% travel with their pet in a car a couple of times per month, 35% ride with their pet only once or twice per year and 18% never bring their animal in their car.Toronto Traffic Services Police Const.
“For their safety and yours, they should be tethered in the backseat or crated in the backseat,” said Shapiro. “Because we don’t want them to become a projectile in the event of a collision and even if they’re not injured from the collision itself, you may be trapped in the vehicle and your animal may be roaming about on the highway. And another thing about the front seat is that airbags could harm or in fact kill an animal.
However, there are fines for having a fur baby in the front seat with you under the charges of Drive While Crowded or Careless Driving ..“ is the most obvious charge for driving with an animal on your lap or beside you and that’s a problem we see all the time,” said Shapiro. “If were to result in collision or we saw dramatic driving issues as a result of the animal being there, then Careless Driving would likely be the appropriate.”
Leger conducted the web survey between May 12-15, among a sample of 1,559 Canadians, including 821 who own a cat or a dog, aged 18 and over.
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